Hiring: Design Director Company: McAfee Location: Texas, United States Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 11:18:13 Target Skills & Keywords : Design System About the job Experience: •10+ years of experience creating and leading design work across brand and marketing, with a strong foundation in craft and concept. Both in Agencies and Brand side and experience being a people leader. Required Skills: •Lead design concepting and execution across key brand initiatives—integrated campaigns, lifecycle marketing, product storytelling, social, web, and partner channels, delivering work that is modern, distinctive, and unmistakably McAfee. •Champion and evolve the New McAfee design system and raise craft for the design vertical, developing strong visual systems, layouts, typography, illustration, and brand expression that scale across touchpoints. •Partner closely with Copy, Brand Strategy, Creative Production, Growth/Lifecycle Marketing, and Product Marketing to translate briefs and insights into clear design approaches and compelling creative. •Coach, mentor, and review work from designers, providing clear, actionable feedback, creating growth plans, and fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and inclusive creativity. •Operationalize and steward our refreshed brand identity and design system—educating internal teams and agency partners, ensuring consistent application, and evolving guidelines as the brand scales. •Balance brand-building craft with performance-minded design—using testing and channel insights (e.g., paid social learnings, lifecycle metrics) to iterate and improve creative effectiveness without compromising brand integrity. •Partner with Creative Production to scope work, align timelines, and ensure deliverables are feasible, on-brand, and on time, supporting a healthy, scalable creative workflow. •Champion responsible adoption of AI-enabled design tools to accelerate iteration, explore more creative routes, and improve efficiency—while maintaining quality, originality, and brand safety. Qualifications: •Proven ability to set and uphold a high bar for design quality across campaigns and always-on creative, including digital, social, paid media, and lifecycle channels. •Excellence without ego, highly collaborative, able to work across disciplines and backgrounds, and confident presenting design rationale to senior stakeholders. •Strong design systems and brand identity experience—able to translate strategy into scalable frameworks and clear guidelines. •Demonstrated experience mentoring designers and leading through feedback, critique, and hands-on collaboration in a player-coach capacity. •Growth mindset and curiosity—eager to embrace new tools and platforms (including AI-enabled workflows) to increase speed, iteration, and creative exploration. •A portfolio is required and should demonstrate strong brand systems thinking and end-to-end campaign design across brand and performance channels. Portfolios will be reviewed for both strength in creativity/craft and effectiveness. •McAfee is a leader in personal security for consumers. Focused on protecting people, not just devices, McAfee consumer solutions adapt to users’ needs in an always online world, empowering them to live securely through integrated, intuitive solutions that protects their families and communities with the right security at the right moment. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!